Personal file of Jewish refugee Helene Wilder, from Poland, who illegally crossed the Swiss border near Geneva, stayed in Switzerland, and in the end was returned over the border by the Swiss authorities, 1942

Personal file of Jewish refugee Helene Wilder, from Poland, who illegally crossed the Swiss border near Geneva, stayed in Switzerland, and in the end was returned over the border by the Swiss authorities, 1942 Included in the file: - Arrest report of Helene Wilder, submitted by the Segenre Border Guard post; accurate description of her travel from Bordes sur Lez to Geneva; mention of a potential smuggler, Louis-Samuel Durrenmatt, 10 November 1942; - Declaration by Helene Wilder to the Arrondissement Territorial de Genève (GTA-Geneva Territorial District); accurate description of her various places of residence before and during the war, 10 November 1942; - Commitment by Helene Wilder to respect the conditions given by the Geneva Police, permitting her to stay in Geneva, 10 November 1942; - Letter from the GTA to Helene Wilder; summons of Helene Wilder as a witness at the trial of Louis-Samuel Durrenmatt, 21 November 1942; - Letters regarding Helene Wilder: Correspondence between the GTA and the Police section of the Swiss Army Command, 12-26 November 1942; - Letter from the GTA to Rossire Cap, a preliminary judge, 26 November 1942.